Last month, in front of more than 400 of its Milton Keynes staff, Niftylift was presented with two 2019 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise (in the international trade and innovation categories).

These were presented to managing director John Keely and chairman Roger Bowden by Alexander Boswell, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

The ceremony was held in Niftylift’s (www.niftylift.com) ‘state of the art’ Shenley Wood facility and was broadcast live to its other sites in the UK, USA, Germany, Poland, Holland and Australia.

The lift platform and cherry picker specialist previously won two Queen’s Awards in 2013, so it is the first company to win two Queen’s Awards in the same year twice.

Mr Bowden said: “We are honoured to be recognised for not one, but two prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in 2019.

"These awards help to illustrate how our dedication to design and innovation, together with our attention to detail and strong customer focus, has allowed us to compete so successfully in this global market-place.

"I am very proud of the strong and close-knit team we have here at Niftylift, and I would like to thank them all for their professionalism and commitment to ensuring our world-wide reputation and success over the years.”

Mr Keely said: “We are proud to be a British manufacturing success story, and this recognition will help to promote the importance of the UK manufacturing industry around the world.

“Huge thanks go to our world-wide network of dealers and our valued customers, who have placed their trust in our products and company.”